The Statistical Selection task is used to perform statistical calculations on the data. You can run several types of statistical calculations on the same Statistical Selection task panel.
The Statistical Selection task panel has the following fields:
Displays the list of available elements to perform calculations. You can click the desired element to add your choice to the New Elements list.
Specifies the element name to store the resulting value.
Note: The default is the element used in the calculation and must be changed to a unique name.
Displays the element and the statistical calculations. The value of the new element is derived from the statistical calculations.
Deletes the highlighted calculation from the list.
The four drop-down boxes below the Available Elements box display the currently selected statistical functions that can be applied to a selected element. Use the drop-down list to change the selected function. To fill in the expression column, click Apply next to the statistical function you want to use.
The dropdown list includes the following items:
Number of Nonmissing Values
Number of Missing Values
Minimum of Nonmissing Values
Maximum of Nonmissing Values
RANGE of Nonmissing Values
SUM of Nonmissing Values
Weighted Sum of Nonmissing Values
MEAN of Nonmissing Values
Corrected Sum of Squares
Uncorrected Sum of Squares
Variance of NonMissing
Standard Deviation of Nonmissing
Standard Error of the Mean
Coefficient of Variation
Skewness
Kurtosis
Student's Test
Probability of Greater Absolute Value
Note: For more information about statistical calculations, see the SAS Procedures Guide.
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